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13 Dec 2018

Whose Democracy?: Midterm Field Notes to Guide Funders Through 2020 and Beyond

Thursday, December 13, 2018 -

9:00am to 11:30am

... to close longstanding representation and electoral gaps in our democracy. However, contemporary election structures ... we will discuss what funders should be thinking about for 2020 and learn how to make our...

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Panel

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All Funders

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Civic Engagement

Public Policy

MetLife Foundation and MicroSave Launch "i3" Program in Vietnam

Release Date:

11/16/2018

MetLife Foundation and MicroSave Launch "i3" Program in Vietnam MicroSave and the MetLife Foundation launched the ... moderate-income communities around the country. Standing for Innovate, Implement and...

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MetLife

Philanthropic Leaders Call for Protecting the Independence of Special Counsel Investigation

Release Date:

11/20/2018

Philanthropic Leaders Call for Protecting the Independence of Special Counsel Investigation It’s astoundingly rare for foundation leaders to make statements about national ... special counsel investigation into...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Carnegie Corporation of New York of New York Helps Support Fellowship Program Providing Post-Harvey Legal Aid

Release Date:

11/20/2018

... Post-Harvey Legal Aid A new $4 million program is funding 20 Houston-based legal fellows to provide aid after Harvey. Three additional fellows will be working in other cities to provide disaster relief legal...

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Disaster Relief

Immigration

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

Achieving Equity: What Can Data Tell Us

Release Date:

11/21/2018

... on how funders are collecting and using demographic data. In our conversations with members, we learned that only about ... as we worked to develop the ‘perfect data questions’ for our grantees. Then it dawned...

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Insights

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

PEAK Grantmaking

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Grants $3.5M to South Arts to Launch "Jazz Road"

Release Date:

12/10/2018

... to Launch "Jazz Road" The foundation’s Arts Program is funding South Arts, based in Atlanta, Ga., to launch Jazz Road, a national program ... (RAOs) will collaborate long term on formal programming...

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Arts

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Doris Duke Foundation

Atlantic Philanthropies Releases Publication on Operating for Limited Life

Release Date:

12/11/2018

Atlantic Philanthropies Releases Publication on Operating for Limited Life A growing number of foundations are choosing ... operate within a limited lifespan. While the reasons vary, in each case the organizations...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

Laurie M. Tisch: Perfecting the Art of Philanthropy

Release Date:

12/13/2018

Laurie M. Tisch: Perfecting the Art of Philanthropy In the living room of her spacious Fifth Avenue apartment, ... through a passionate commitment to creating opportunities for all residents—embracing Manhattan,...

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Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund

NYSHealth's Patients as Partners Provides $230,708 Patient Empowerment Grant

Release Date:

12/14/2018

... Grant To ensure that New Yorkers have a stronger role in how health care is delivered and how health policy is made, NYSHealth issued a request for proposals, Patients as Partners. Through this initiative...

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Health

Rahima Nasa, Named First FRONTLINE Fellow of Tow Foundation Journalism Program

Release Date:

02/06/2019

... has been selected as the first Newmark J-School fellow for FRONTLINE, PBS’s flagship investigative documentary ... Foundation, which also underwrites the Tow-Knight Center for Entrepreneurial Journalism, the...

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Arts

Communications/Media

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The Tow Foundation

Henry Ford III Elected to Ford Foundation's Board of Trustees

Release Date:

02/25/2019

... great-grandson of Edsel Ford, who created the foundation in 1936. It is the first time in more than 40 years that a Ford family member serves as a ... "keeping an open line" to the family since...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Ford Foundation

Kristen Woolf joins EMpower - The Emerging Markets Foundation as Vice President of Programs

Release Date:

03/20/2019

... Emerging Markets Foundation as Vice President of Programs. In this role, Kristen will oversee all of EMpower’s grantmaking work and programmatic activity in fifteen countries, and will contribute significant...

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Appointments & Transitions

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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EMPower - The Emerging Markets Foundation

Harry and Jeannette Weinberg Foundation Award 16 Jewish Camps With Grants to Increase Accessibility

Release Date:

04/01/2019

... With Grants to Increase Accessibility Sixteen Jewish camps in North America have been awarded grants to increase accessibility for campers and staff with disabilities. The grants are part ... million Yashar...

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Member News

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Children, Youth and Families

Disabilities

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The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation

Simons Foundation Invites Applications for Autism Research

Release Date:

06/06/2019

Simons Foundation Invites Applications for Autism Research The New York City-based Simons Foundation works to advance the frontiers of research in mathematics and the basic sciences. To that end, the .....

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RFPs Etc

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Science

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The Simons Foundation

Korean American Community Foundation Distributes First Wave of COVID-19 Relief Grants Totaling $60,000

Release Date:

04/15/2020

... $60,000 COVID-19 Community Action Fund KACF is unwavering in our commitment to lifting up vulnerable Korean Americans ... creative ways to deliver on their important mission for the Korean American community...

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Korean American Community Foundation

Open Society Foundations Will Give More Than $130 Million to Aid People Hardest Hit by COVID-19 Pandemic

Release Date:

04/16/2020

... the globe, with a focus on providing immediate relief for vulnerable communities and pushing back against ... systemic inequality will have profound global consequences in the years to come. As the virus...

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Children, Youth and Families

Disaster Relief

Economic Security

Health

International/Foreign Affairs

Justice Reform

Workforce Development

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Open Society Foundations

Newman's Own CEO Shares: What Paul Newman Would Tell Small Foundations in the Pandemic: Don’t Shift Course

Release Date:

04/22/2020

... CEO Shares: What Paul Newman Would Tell Small Foundations in the Pandemic: Don’t Shift Course By: Miriam E. Nelson, ... MASH units in New York’s Central Park. (Thank goodness for the Army...

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Member News

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Disaster Relief

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Newman's Own Foundation

Citi Foundation Issues RFP Aimed at Supporting Community Development Financial Institutions

Release Date:

06/30/2020

... The Citi Foundation has issued a $15 million open request for proposals (RFP) aimed at supporting Community Development ... grant support of up to $500,000 to select CDFIs working in the following geographies...

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RFPs Etc

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Community Development

Hearing More About c4s? You're Not Alone - Webinar Recording

Publication date:

05/2020

... - A Webinar How can funders create the best conditions for significant policy changes? Many funders are now adding c4 funding to their toolkit in order to move policy agendas forward. Is it right for your ...

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Legal Issues

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Public Policy

29 Sep 2022

From Cautious to Courageous: How Foundations Can Step up Advocacy & Invest in Change (Session 1 of 2)

Thursday, September 29, 2022 -

2:00pm to 3:30pm

In just the past few months, we’ve seen an unprecedented ... assault on reproductive rights, the heart-breaking need for stricter gun control policies, and cruel efforts to harm ... in advocacy...

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Tools & Strategies

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All Funders

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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